The tyranny of the moderns / / Nadia Urbinati ; translated by Martin Thom

• Autore: Urbinati Nadia <1955->
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 323/.04201
• Soggetto topico: Individualism - Political aspects; Democracy
• Classificazione: POL007000POL035000PHI019000
• Altri autori: ThomMartin
• Note generali: Translated from the Italian.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One. Democratic Individualism -- Two. Private Happiness -- Three. An "Ism" to Be Used with Caution -- Four. A Brief History of Individualism -- Five. The Individual against Politics -- Six. Economic Individualism -- Seven. Apathy and Solitude -- Eight. Identitarian Community -- Nine. Regeneration -- Ten. Judgment and Disagreement -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a well-reasoned and thought-provoking polemic, respected political theorist Nadia Urbinati explores a profound shift in the ideology of individualism, from the ethical nineteenth-century standard, in which each person cooperates with others as equals for the betterment of their lives and the community, to the contemporary "I don't give a damn" maxim. Identifying this "tyranny of the moderns" as the most radical risk that modern democracy currently faces, the author examines the critical necessity of reestablishing the role of the individual citizen as a free and equal agent of democratic society.
• Titolo autorizzato: The tyranny of the moderns
• ISBN: 0-300-18995-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788047303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II